Live auction - bgr_412195 - ETRURIA - POPULONIA Drachme ou 10 assi
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 910 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 14:01:01 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme ou 10 assi
Date: c. 211-206 AC.
Mint name / Town : Étrurie, Populonia
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Weight : 4,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré avec le grènetis visible. Petit défaut avec un début de cassure de coin. Belle patine de collection anciene
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la liste de Nicola IX, 1962, n° 104
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE, DERRIÈRE X.
Obverse description : Tête masculine laurée à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lisse avec une excroissance oblongue.
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du British Muséum (BMC. 14) et que l’exemplaire de la collection Delepierre n° 103. Début de cassure de coin caractéristique.
Historical background
ETRURIA - POPULONIA
(3rd century BC)
Populonia was located on the Tyrrhenian coast, not far from present-day Piombino, opposite the island of Elba. The city is mentioned by Virgil (Aeneid, 10, 172), Livy (HR. 28, 45, 15; 30, 39, 2), Pliny (HN. 3, 50), Strabo (G. 5, 223) and Ptolemy (G. 3, 1, 14). The Etruscan name of the city "Pupluna" is known to us thanks to a monetary inscription with an older form of "Fufluna". The foundation of the city would result from the first union of twelve tribes of Etruscan origin and a tribe coming from Volterra. The great period of economic expansion is in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.
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